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Light earthquake, 4.5 mag was detected near Phek in India


Earthquake location 25.1657S, 94.9521WA light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 71 kilometers (44 miles) from Phek in India. The temblor was reported at 08:33:31 / 8:33 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 18/01/18 / 2018-01-18 02:03:31 / January 18, 2018 @ 2:03 am. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 93.69 km (58 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: us2000ckm4. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000ckm4. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 94.9521° East, latitude 25.1657° North, depth = 93.69 km.

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, India (c. 1 173 108 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Phek (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 72 km (45 miles) from Phek (c. 15 100 pop).

There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days fourteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 71 km SE of Phek, India. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 94.9521° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 25.1657° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 93.69 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 71km SE of Phek, India Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-01-18 02:03:31 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-01-18 04:57:55 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 390 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt The total number of felt reports
CDI The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status reviewed Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami 0 This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG 312 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network us The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.104 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.99 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 45 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mb The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us2000ckm4 Id of event.
Event Code 2000ckm4 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us2000ckm4, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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